After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

This database documents the U.S. government's official experiment with torture. At present, the database contains well over 100,000 pages of government documents obtained primarily through Freedom of Information Act litigation and requests filed by the ACLU, and through litigation of Salim v. Mitchell, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the survivors and the family of a dead victim of the CIA torture program. To learn more about the database, please read the About and Search Help pages. If you're a developer, you can also access this data through our API.

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Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6293
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the detention and interrogation of detainee Mohameou Ould Slahi. The document is heavily redacted.
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Sept. 15, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6318
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding a mission overview of the FBI's operations in Afghanistan. The memorandum also includes information on detainee interviews, specialized military operations support, and training provision for ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald, Willie T. Hulon, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II, Frankie Battle
Nov. 23, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6360
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the mission overview of the FBI-Afghanistan Detachment based on the CTD Afghanistan Assessment Team (AAT) findings. The memorandum also includes information on detainee interviews and support ...
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
John S. Pistole, J. Stephen Tidwell, Frankie Battle, Gary M. Bald, Willie T. Hulon, Thomas J. Harrington, Arthur M. Cummings, II
Oct. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 6361
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding a request to establish a pre-deployment training program for FBI personnel who deploy to Afghanistan. The memorandum includes a cost analysis as well as a preliminary draft syllabus.
June 15, 2011
Non-legal Memo
Gary M. Bald, Thomas J. Harrington, Frankie Battle, Willie T. Hulon, Arthur M. Cummings, II
July 09, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4961
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This FBI agent related the ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Steven C. McCraw, Frankie Battle, Arthur M. Cummings, II
Stress positions, Isolation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature
Aug. 02, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4969
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This FBI agent states that he ...
Jan. 02, 2007
Non-legal Memo, Email
Steven C. McCraw, Frankie Battle, Arthur M. Cummings, II
Aug. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3340
FBI memo on an Impersonation Matter. Specifics on the matter are redacted.
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II, Willie T. Hulon
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
Nov. 25, 2003 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3362
Memo's synopsis: "Document information concerning impersonation by DOD interrogators at Guantanamo representing themselves to be officials of the FBI and US State Department."
May 18, 2005
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II
June 25, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3098
An unidentified individual informed the FBI Sacramento Field Office of numerous physical abuse incidents of Iraqi civilian detainees he/she observed in Iraq. The individual described that such abuses included strangulation, beatings, placement ...
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Robert S. Mueller
Bruce J. Gebhardt, Cassandra M. Chandler, John S. Pistole, Grant Ashley, Gary M. Bald, Arthur M. Cummings, II
Physical assault, General, Other
Aug. 05, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3239
Requests impersonation matter be reassigned to CID, Violent Crimes Section (VCS) Special Jurisdiction Unit (SJU) for FBI HQ oversight. Mostly redacted.
Dec. 15, 2004
Non-legal Memo
Arthur M. Cummings, II
Manipulation of interrogator’s identity
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